Give me a break

Cathedral's Dean Kowalski calls Cindy Sheehan a 'prophet'

[Episcopal News Service] More than 1,000 people filled the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City on September 19, 2005, to hear anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and supporters on the "Bring Them Home Now Tour" rally support for a three-day march and anti-war protest in Washington, DC, September 24-26.

"We need to show Congress that we mean business when we say we want our troops [to come] home," Sheehan said.

Sheehan came to national attention this summer when she camped out near President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, demanding that the vacationing president explain to her in person why her 24-year-old son Casey, an Army specialist assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, died in Iraq. The effort became known as Camp Casey.

In his welcoming address, the Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski, dean of the cathedral, received applause when he likened Sheehan to a "prophet."

"In the Bible there are stories about seemingly unimportant, insignificant, seemingly powerless people who out of nowhere landed in the kingdom where the king was out of control and emerged as a prophet and said to the king you have lied to your people and led them astray and Cindy Sheehan is one of those prophets," he said.

Paaleeese. Equating Cindy Sheehan with the prophets of the Bible is a bit extreme. Of course the Very Rev Dr James Kowalski probably believes that the Bible is just a book of fiction and myth anyway, so who cares what he thinks.

Kowalski asked "what greater conversation could there be than about stopping war, and returning to peace?"

What makes these nut cases think we will have peace if we bring the troops home? How quickly we forget 9/11.

"We have to make the world safer and the only way we are going to do that is to get George Bush out of office," she said.

Ah, the real reason for her comments is revealed. She just hates the President and wants to see him out of office. This hate speech has to stop.

This just goes to show that the ECUSA is held captive by the same left wing extremists that have taken over the Democratic Party. The fact that the Episcopal News Service finds this story news worthy is further proof.

In my humble opinion, the ones who have lied and led their people astray are those in the ilk of Cindy Sheehan and the Very Rev. Dr.

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Mars warming

Mars Orbiter Spots Changes on Red Planet

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The Martian surface has undergone dramatic changes in the last few years with the appearance of new gullies and fresh boulder tracks, new images released Tuesday show.

The photos, taken by the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, suggest that the Red Planet is perhaps more active than previously thought.

That darned Bush Administration. His environmental policies are even affecting the surface of Mars. It is obvious Bush doesn't like black people. Have you ever seen one on Mars?

Insanity revealed

The following headlines reveal the insanity in the judicial branch of government today:

Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional

and

Judge Rules Against Michigan's Partial Birth Abortion Ban

Is it any wonder that we are willing to allow the murder of innocent babies when we are trying to eliminate the mention of God in the public square?

To quote Michael Savage, "Liberalism is a mental disorder". I think this is becoming more evident everyday.

To quote Jesus Christ, "And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. " John 3:19

Personally, I never did like to say the Pledge of Allegiance, but it isn't the "under God" part that bothers me. It is the pledging allegiance to a piece of cloth that troubles me. The next statement, "and to the republic for which it stands", makes sense of the issue, so I quess I don't have a problem with the Pledge after all.

Yesterday, 9/14/2005, was the Feast of The Exaltation of The Holy Cross. The cross has been a symbol of Christianity for a long time. I wonder how many of us are willing to pledge allegiance to this symbol, The Holy Cross.

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.

Just Shut Up Award

Two new recipients of the "Just Shut Up Award":

Celine Dion and Kayne West

Please, just shut up!

I think I will also add them both to the membership of WACKO (see previous message).

Two tales of a City

Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans and the rest of the gulf coast and produces devastation second to none. As the rescue operations are ongoing and the suffering of the people continues, already the Blame Game is being played.

On one extreme, we have those who blame the Bush administration for this tragedy. Some blame 'W' for his environmental policies which are contributing to global warming which helped to produce this hurricane. Some of the real members of the We Are Crazy Kids Organization (WACKO) are accusing 'W' of wanting to help his rich oil buddies and therefore created this disaster. Now, even if he did want to help his oil baron friends, to say that he has the power to create a class 5 hurricane that will strike the gulf coast at a certain time shows that these folks are charter members of WACKO.

On the other extreme are those who blame God for this event as His punishment for the sin of New Orleans. Granted, this disaster has biblical proportions. Granted, New Orleans is known for its political corruption and of course, Mardi Gras, where sin is rampant. But to say that God decided to strike the people with a flood, denies the existence of God's covenant to never do that again. Remember the rainbow.

If we want to read the Old Testament (OT) into today's headlines we need to find some other factors as well. In the OT, when God wanted to punish sin, He first sent a prophet and in some cases, prophets, in order to call the people to repentance before the sky would fall. Where are the prophets today. Yes there have been many prophets of doom over the years, but have they been credible spokesmen for God? I think not. Remember Y2K? The prophets of doom had a field day in 1999, but they were proven wrong.

There is plenty of blame to go around in this story, but I think blaming the President and / or blaming God are extreme positions.

Rather than playing the blame game, we should use these events to ask ourselves some questions. To take an inventory of our own lives.
Are we prepared for the worst of disasters? Do I have a plan to do what is necessary in the worst possible scenario? Honestly, most of us would have to answer 'no'.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.